Improvement in hoes



,daim States J. r. wILsoN,01a` ATHENS, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent No. 94,054, dated August 24, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern -Be it known that 1,'J. F. WILSON, of Athens, in the county of Clark, and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hoes; and' I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the construction of hoes for agricultural and other purposes, and consists in the construction and arrangement hereinaer described.l

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a top-view of the hoe. A

Figure 2 is a cross-section of fig. 1, through the line a: x.

Figure 3 is a View of the back edge of the biade.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the eye of the hoe.

B B are braces attached to the eye, .which are connected together by means of the bar' C, leaving an open space, D, between the bar and the eye.

E is the blade'of the hoe, which is attached to the bar C by means of a dovetail or other-shaped groove -in the bar, as seen in the cross-section, fig. 2, and in fig. 1, where the baris broken away oven the blade.

The back edge of the blade is made dovetailing, or shaped to t the groove, by cuttinginto it with a coldchisel, or otherwise, at proper distances, as, fox'- example, at the pointsv marked j; iig. 3.

The metal, or parts g, between these cuts, is turned or bent alternately back. and front ashseen in Lthe drawing, forming (taken as a whole) across the back a dovetail, which fits the groove in the bar O. Any forni of groove which will hold the blade may be employed.

It will be seen that by giving the back of the blade this form, and driving or forcing it into the groove or'channel in the bar c, the attachment is made com plete.

The advantages of this construction will readily suggest themselves Vto all who are acquainted with this implement. The blade is readily removable from the bar, so that a broken or worn-out blade may be replaced by a new one. The opening D prevents clogging under the handle. The hoe is strong and durable. While the blade is -of plate-steel', the eye and bar C,- with the braces B, may be of cast malleable iron, so that the hoes may be furnished` at a reduced price. l `Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Attaching the blade of ahoe to the bar 0, or its equivalent, by mean/s of a dovetail groove in the bar, and a dovetail on the back edge ofthe blade, substantially in the manner describe 2. Attaching the blade to the bar or eye of ahoe, by Y means of a groove, in such a manner that no other fastening than the friction produced by the blade (or by any device attached thereto) shall be sufficient to hold it .iu place, substantially as described, whether such groove be dovetailing or not.

3. In combination with a blade thus attached, the opening D, substantially as described.

J. F. WILSON.

\Vitnesses:

A. L. DEAluNG, S. J. MAYs. 

